Brass Monkey

song by the Beastie Boys
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Brass Monkey

Summary

Brass Monkey is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brass Monkey's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Brass Monkey's instance of is recorded as audio track[4].
  • Brass Monkey's genre is hip-hop[5].
  • Brass Monkey followed Paul Revere[6].
  • Brass Monkey was followed by (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right[7].
  • Brass Monkey was performed by Beastie Boys[8].
  • Brass Monkey's record label is recorded as Def Jam Recordings[9].
  • Brass Monkey's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • Brass Monkey's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Brass Monkey was released on January 1, 1987[12].
  • Brass Monkey's published in is recorded as Licensed to Ill[13].
  • Brass Monkey's title is recorded as Brass Monkey[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1133de2a-87a8-341b-bf9c-019d0bb3e1a1[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Brass Monkey was performed by Beastie Boys[8].

Publication

Brass Monkey was published on January 1, 1987[12]. Its genre is hip-hop[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Brass Monkey followed Paul Revere[6]. It was followed by (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right[7].

Why It Matters

Brass Monkey ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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MLA “Brass Monkey.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/brass-monkey-q4957874.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_brass-monkey-q4957874_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Brass Monkey}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/brass-monkey-q4957874}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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